Known for its unique collection of stately historic homes. Vermont boasts 15 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In an uncommon honor, its whole central business district is also listed. Most of the impressive private homes can be viewed by taking a brief driving tour of Main Street, East 4th, East and West 5th Streets, and Liberty Street. A plaque in the park at the south end of the business district marks the place where Abraham Lincoln spoke on October 27th, 1858. Tombstones in the well-kept Vermont Cemetery date back to the 1840s-1850s and mark the plots of many of the same families who built Vermont’s National Register homes. Travelers will find a convenience store, bowling alley with restaurant and bar.